BitTorrent Shuts Down Video Store, Brings Back Search

February 2007, BitTorrent Inc. launched its ‘Torrent Entertainment Network’ where users could download movies and TV-shows legally, via BitTorrent. Despite the ever increasing popularity of BitTorrent as a download tool, the store never became profitable and has now closed. The store is replaced by a BitTorrent search portal.

Accused of Illegal File-Sharing? Complain to the Government

Lawyers in the UK are obtaining the personal details of over 25,000 alleged file-sharers for the purposes of sending them a £500+ bill accompanied by threats of being sued. Read why the government’s Information Commissioner has let down every single one of them and why each disclosure could be a serious breach of the Data Protection Act.

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Top most downloaded games of 2008

1	Spore	(1,700,000)	(Sept. 2008)
2	The Sims 2	(1,150,000)	(Sept. 2004)
3	Assassins Creed	(1,070,000)	(Nov. 2007)
4	Crysis	(940,000)	(Nov. 2007)
5	Command & Conquer 3	(860,000)	(Mar. 2007)
6	Call of Duty 4	(830,000)	(Nov. 2007)
7	GTA San Andreas	(740,000)	(Jun. 2005)
8	Fallout 3	(645,000)	(Oct. 2008)
9	Far Cry 2	(585,000)	(Oct. 2008)
10	Pro Evolution Soccer 2009

Ipred to sweden soon

The ipred law is soon coming to Sweden to bust the unloaders. They wont be chasing for the small fishes that rarely download illegally but the one who upload/Download a lot so you Sweden might want to think twice before doing something. And this also means that the police at any time can track down you're ip without making a case

Moviex Bittorent back online!

just over a day since the MovieX BitTorrent tracker disappeared following the arrest of two admins, the 400,000 member site has returned and that the brothers who ran the site weren’t arrested. All the indications point to the opposite being true.

Download faster with torrents

1. Seed.

Downloading speeds will be sub-optimal for everyone unless everyone plays their part and seeds. Private tracker sites are a great example of how the overall speed of the swarm increases when everyone is seeding and downloading in equal measure. So, play your part in seeding and tell others to as well.

2. Be connectable.

Make sure you’re not “firewalled” by opening up your incoming ports or by enabling UPnP in your router, otherwise you’ll be leaving bandwidth on the table.

3. Manage your upload speed.

It is all about striking a balance. You don’t want the upload speed to be too high, nor do you want it to be too low. Ideally you want to set your upload speed to be 80% of the maximum possible line speed.

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4. Select the right torrents.

Your download will be faster if you choose to download a torrent where there is a good balance of seeds and peers. For instance, Vuze ranks its search results according to the number of seeds and peers to make this easier.

5. Be realistic.

Check the swarm average and if you’re already above average, then you just need to be patient. If you’re below average, go back and check some of these other things I’ve mentioned.

6. Get a Friend Boost.

I wouldn’t be a Vuze developer if I didn’t give a plug for the Friend Boost feature we recently developed :). When you create a network of Friends on Vuze, you agree to seed content to each other on a preferential basis. That is, if one of your friends has a torrent that you want, you will be able to directly use a portion of their bandwidth to get it. In most cases this will increase your download speed.